Parent Management Training Treatment for Oppositional, Aggressive, and Antisocial Behavior in Children and Adolescents

by Kazdin, Alan E

• ISBN13: 9780195386004
• ISBN10: 0195386000
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-12-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Among evidence-based therapies for children and adolescents with oppositional, aggressive, and antisocial behavior, parent management training (PMT) is without peer; no other treatment for children has been as thoroughly investigated and as widely applied. Here, Alan Kazdin brings together the conceptual and empirical bases underlying PMT with discussions of background, principles, and concepts, supplemented with concrete examples of the ways therapists should interact with parents and children. The second half of the book is a PMT treatment manual. The manual details the particulars of the therapy: what is done to and by whom, what the therapist should say, and what to expect at each stage of treatment. It also contains handouts, charts, and aides for parents. A companion Web site (www.oup.com/pmt) provides additional resources for clinicians.

Author Biography

Alan E. Kazdin, is Director and Chairman, Child Study Center, John M. Musser Professor of Psychology, Yale University School of Medicine and 2008 President of the American Psychological Association.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 3
Underlying Principles and Concepts	p. 35
From Principles to Techniques: Positive Reinforcement	p. 65
From Principles to Techniques: Punishment and Extinction	p. 91
Characteristics of Treatment	p. 119
Evidence: Key Findings, Strengths, and Limitations	p. 157
Critical Issues in Applying and Implementing Treatment	p. 185
Parent Management Training in Perspective	p. 225
Parent Management Training Manual	p. 245
Glossary	p. 373
References	p. 385
Author Index	p. 401
Subject Index	p. 405
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